What happens when you put innovators, commissioners and investors who share one interest in the same room? Well, check out the clips below and find out what happened at the Festival of Ideas: Innovation for excluded young people event.
See John Craig present a research report based on our research paper and surveys delegates completed before the festival. What were [...]
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May 2008Video coverage of the festival of ideas event
Work for Innovation Exchange
Innovation Exchange is seeking a Head of Learning and Project Development. The role is focused on developing and communicating the knowledge base of Innovation Exchange and managing it’s Next Practice programme. We are really excited about the chance to add to our team and build on our growing work. This could [...]
Research paper – Innovation for independent living (by Jean Barclay)
Earlier this year, we commissioned independent research into opportunities for innovation on the theme of independent living. Over 20 people were interviewed via telephone including commissioners, social investors and innovators. Before releasing the final draft, we wanted to know your thoughts in response to the key emerging questions that were coming out of the research [...]
Research paper – Innovation for excluded young people (by Margaret Bolton)
Earlier this year, we commissioned independent research into opportunities for innovation on the theme of excluded young people. Over 20 people were interviewed via telephone including commissioners, social investors and innovators. Before releasing the final draft, we wanted to know your thoughts in response to the key emerging questions that were coming out of the [...]
Call for innovators – tackling unemployment
Innovation is being actively called for by the government and employment agencies in finding new ways of helping people back into work, particularly those most excluded from the jobs market. Gaining employment is a key goal for many people seeking to live independently and part of a service offered by many social enterprises, charities, and [...]